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Onias welcomed the envoy with honor and received the letter, which clearly referred to alliance and friendship. (1 Maccabees 12, 8)
we have ventured to send word to you for the renewal of brotherhood and friendship, so as not to become strangers to you altogether; a long time has passed since your mission to us. (1 Maccabees 12, 10)
So we have chosen Numenius, son of Antiochus, and Antipater, son of Jason, and we have sent them to the Romans to renew our former friendship and alliance with them. (1 Maccabees 12, 16)
Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius had returned to attack him with a stronger army than before. (1 Maccabees 12, 24)
Therefore, when the sun set, Jonathan ordered his men to be on guard and to remain armed, ready for combat, throughout the night. He also set outposts all around the camp. (1 Maccabees 12, 27)
When the enemy heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, their hearts sank with fear and dread. They lighted fires and then withdrew. (1 Maccabees 12, 28)
But because Jonathan and his men were watching the lights burning, they did not know what had happened until morning. (1 Maccabees 12, 29)
Then Jonathan pursued them, but he could not overtake them, for they had crossed the river Eleutherus. (1 Maccabees 12, 30)
So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs who are called Zabadeans, overwhelming and plundering them. (1 Maccabees 12, 31)
When Jonathan returned, he assembled the elders of the people, and with them he made plans for building strongholds in Judea, (1 Maccabees 12, 35)
But he was afraid that Jonathan would not permit him, but would fight against him. Looking for a way to seize and kill him, he set out and reached Beth-shan. (1 Maccabees 12, 40)
Jonathan marched out against him with forty thousand picked fighting men and came to Beth-shan. (1 Maccabees 12, 41)
